Position: Associate Professor

School/Academic Group: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Email： ymliu@whu.edu.cn

Education:

2001-2006: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D.

Working Experience:

2011-2012: Arizona State University, visiting scholar

2007-2009: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences / Dalian Yinuo Biotechnology Co., Ltd. postdoc

2006-Present: Wuhan University, lecturer, associate professor

Current Teaching Interests/Responsibilities:

Experiment of Biopharmaceutics

Research Interests:

Molecular toxicology of natural products and drugs, modification and biotransformation of natural products the activity exploration and industrialization of natural products with high added value.

Publications:

1.Yongmei Liu, Wei Chen, Dunhai Li，Zebo Huang，Yinwu Shen，Yongding Liu*, Cyanobacteria-/cyanotoxin-contaminations and eutrophication status before Wuxi Drinking Water Crisis in Lake Taihu, China, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2011, 23(4):575-581。

2.Liang Peng#，Yongmei Liu#, Wei Chen，Liming Liu，M Kent，Lirong Song*，Health risks associated with consumption of microcystin-contaminated fish and shellfish in three Chinese lakes: Significance for freshwater aquacultures. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety，2010, 73(1):1804-1811.

3.Haifeng Li, Juan Xu, Yongmei Liu*, Sshibin Ai, Fen Qin, Zhangwei Li, Hanrui Zhang, Zebo Huang*, Antioxidant and moisture-retention activities of the polysaccharide from Nostoc commune, Carbohydrate Polymers, 2011, 83(1):1821-1827.

4.Qing Zhu, Chaolin Liao*, Pengcheng Wang, Wei Guo, Mingjun He, Yongmei Liu*, Zebo Huang，Ethanolic extract and water-soluble polysaccharide from Chaenomeles speciosa fruit modulate lipopolysaccharide-induced nitric oxide production in RAW264.7 macrophage cells，Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2012，144(4):441-447。

5.Shucai Liang, Yongmei Liu, Ting Fu, Fan Yang, Xiaohui Chen, Guoping Yan, A water-soluble and biocompatible polymeric nanolabel based onnaphthalimide grafted poly(acrylic acid) for the two-photonfluorescence imaging of living cells and C. elegans, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2016, 148:293-298.

6.Lan Chen#, Ju Zhang#, Jie Xu, Lu Wan, Kaixuan Teng, Jin Xiang, Rui Zhang, Zebo Huang, Yongmei Liu, Wenhua Li, Xin Liu*, rBmaTX14 Increases the Life Span and Promotes the Locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE 11(9):e0161847. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161847.

7.Jing Chen, Ju Zhang, Yanxia Xiang, Limin Xiang, Yongmei Liu Xiangjiu He，Xiaoju Zhou，Xin Liu*, Zebo Huang*, Extract of Tsai Tai (Brassica chinensis): Enhanced Antioxidant Activity and Anti-aging Effects both in vitro and in Caenorhabditis elegans，Food & Function，2016, (7): 943-952.

8.Shibin Ai*，Tao Jia，Weilun Ai，Jianli Duan，Yongmei Liu，Jing Chen，Xin Liu，Fang Yang，Yuan Tian，Zebo Huang*, Targeted delivery of doxorubicin through conjugation with EGF receptor–binding peptide overcomes drug resistance in human colon cancer cells，British Journal of Pharmacology, 2013, 168(2):1719-1735。

9.Haifeng Li, Zhangwei Li，Siqin Xiong, Hanrui Zhang, Na Li, Shuanghui Zhou，Yongmei Liu，Zebo Huang*, Pilot-scale isolation of bioactive extracellular polymericsubstances from cell-free media of mass microalgal cultures using tangential-flow ultrafiltration，Process Biochemistry, 2011, 46(2):1104-1109。

10.HF Li, J Xu, YM Liu*, SB Ai, F Qin, ZW Li, HR Zhang, ZB Huang*. Antioxidant and moisture-retention activities of the polysaccharide from Nostoc commune. 2011. Carbohydrate Polymers, 83:1821-1827.

11.Huiling Li, Wei Chen，Yongmei Liu*, A high-Docosahexaenoic Acid Production Strain ofSchizochytrium sp. through Mutagenesis，2015 Global Conference on Biological Engineering and Biomedical，2015.1.19-2015.1.21。

12.ZM Xie, YX Wang, YD Liu, YM Liu. Ultraviolet-B exposure induces photo-oxidative damage and subsequent repair strategies in a desert cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus Gom. 2009. European Journal of Soil Biology 45:377-382.

13.YM Liu, W Chen, DH Li, YW Shen, GB Li, YD Liu*. First report of aphantoxins in China—waterblooms of toxigenic Aphanizomenon flos-aquae in Lake Dianchi. 2006. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 65:84-92.

14.YM Liu, W Chen, DH Li, YW Shen, YD Liu, LR Song. Analysis of Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Aphanizomenon DC-1 from Lake Dianchi, China. 2006. Environ Toxicol 21: 289-295.